Delays With Apple Data Centre Demonstrates Problems With Planning System – Justin Molloy
The function of our planning system is to regulate our built environment in the interests of the common good and in line with our planning legislation. Using a hierarchy of planning guidelines and policies, that have gone through a public consultation process, we produce a series of development plans and guidelines that determine what we […]
Carthy Challenges PwC Leader On Tax Scams At Panama Papers Inquiry
The Panama Papers inquiry in the European Parliament held a hearing in Brussels looking at the role of lawyers, bankers and accountants in facilitating tax avoidance, tax evasion and money laundering. Sinn Féin MEP and inquiry committee member Matt Carthy challenged PriceWaterhouse Coopers Global Tax Policy Leader Prof Stef van Weeghel on the conflict of […]
Carthy Calls On Government To Stop Delaying Release Of Apple Ruling
Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has called on the Irish government to stop delaying the release of the European Commission’s competition department’s ruling on Apple. Carthy was speaking following a meeting this week between Competition Commissioner Margarethe Vestager and several Irish MEPs, which included his colleague Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson. Speaking from Strasbourg, Carthy, […]
Dáil Must Be Recalled To Debate Apple Tax Ruling – McGrath
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to immediately recall the Dáil from its summer recess in order to debate the European Commission ruling on Apple’s tax liability to the Irish State. Deputy McGrath was speaking as the issue looks set to create a severe crisis within the political establishment following the […]
The €13 billion question has been asked says Harkin
The decision by the EU Commission that Apple should repay €13bn to the Irish exchequer has profound implications for Ireland, for the EU, for foreign direct investment into the EU and, in that context, for Brexit. “Should we take the money and run or go to the Court of Justice for a final decision, those […]
Carthy: ‘We want our money back’
Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has demanded the Irish government immediately act to recover the €13 billion plus interest owed to the state by Apple. Carthy said: “Following today’s ruling by the Commission, the facts are indisputable. The sweetheart deals provided to Apple by Irish Revenue in 1991 and 2007 provided an unfair selective advantage […]
IDA Statement On Eu Commission Ruling that Apple owes Ireland €13 billion in unpaid taxes
IDA Ireland (Ireland’s Investment Promotion Agency) notes today’s decision by the EU Competition Commissioner. IDA Ireland Chief Executive Martin Shanahan said “Ireland’s position has not changed – we do not do tax deals, and it’s simply untrue and a gross mischaracterisation of our taxation regime to say otherwise.” The Irish Government has again reiterated that […]
Apple to add 1000 jobs in Cork – IDA Statement
The Taoiseach, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and IDA Ireland, the foreign direct investment agency of the Irish Government, welcome today’s significant announcement that Apple will be expanding its campus in Hollyhill, Co.Cork and adding a new building that will provide new office space and room for 1,000 additional employees by mid-2017. Apple’s presence continues […]
